新编跨文化交际英语教程测试题(六)

跨文化交际测试题（六）

I. Multiple Choice (20 points, 2 points each)

Directions: There aresome statements in this section. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, choose the ONE that best completes the statement.

1. _____ is the study of how people perceive and use time.

A. Chronemics

B. Proxemics

C. Kinesics

D. Oculesics

2. _____is the traditional way of greeting in Northeast Asian countries like Korea and Japan.

A. Bowing

B. Firm handshake

C. Embracing

D. Handshake with

3. _____ style uses moderate amount of talk with low uncertainty avoidance, and is common in low-context culture.

A. Elaborate

B. Exacting

C. Succinct

D. Contextual

4. _____ means the act of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.

A. Euphemism

B. Taboo

C. Argot

D. Dialect

5. _____ style focuses on the speaker and personal relationships. Such style can be found in individualistic and low-context culture.

A. Contextual

B. Personal

C. Succinct

D. Elaborate

6. _____, although also part of the dominant culture, are groups with which the dominant culture does not agree with and with which it has communication problems.

A. World cultures

B. Subgroups

C. Microcultures

D. Co-cultures

7. ______ is a learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs, values, and norms, which affect the behavior of a relatively large group of people.

A. Subculture

B. Culture

C. Microculture

D. Macroculture

8. When you talk with your friends about Picasso and Beethoven, you are talking about culture from ____ perspective.

A. anthropologic

B. intellectual

C. social

D. psychological

9. When you grow up in one culture, you learn one way of classifying, coding, prioritizing, and justifying reality. All the acti vities of learning one’s culture are called______.

A. enculturation

B. acculturation

C. deculturation

D. integration

10. ______ refer to rules for appropriate behavior, which provide the expectations people have of one another and of others.

A. Beliefs

B. Values

C. Roles

D. Norms

II. Terms (15 points, 3 points each)

Directions: There arefive terms in this section. Try to explain the following terms in your own words. Then write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.

11. Co-culture

12. Assimilation

13. Marginalization

14. Buddhism

15. Cultural Dimension

III. Case Analysis (20 points, 5 points each)

Directions: In this section you are supposed to analyze the following cases from the perspective of intercultural communication. Then write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.

16. For at least 5,000 years, rice has been grown in China. Its importance has made it synonymous with food and life. Rice is the symbol of well-being and fertility. Leaving one’s job is called breaking one’s rice bowl. It is considered bad luck to upset a rice bowl. And the worst of all insults is to take another’s bowl of rice and empty it onto the ground.

17. The limited-edition shoe, a collaboration between Adidas and San Francisco speciality clothing maker HUF, features an image of an Asian man with bowl-cut hair, slanted eyes, pig nose and buck teeth. Created by U.S. artist Barry McGee, the image on the 'Fong' sneaker's tongue resembles ones used in past anti-Chinese political cartoons.

18. The September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States created a climate that gave law enforcement agencies wider latitude to engage in more intensive airport security checks of people who appear to be of Middle Eastern descent.

19. On a trip to see Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest I was given a ticket for my return trip down the mountain. On the back of the ticket I found this message in English: “The indicated return time must be strictly adhered to. A later return is determined by the disposable bus seats.”

IV. Short Answer (30 points, 5 points each)

Directions: In this section you are supposed to answer the following questions with the knowledge of intercultural communication. Then write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.

20. What are the characteristics of culture?

21. What is the reverse culture shock?

22. What shall be considered in planning business messages?

23. How do people fr om different cultures understand “silence”?

24. Young Yun Kim has identified background characteristics that are accurate predictors of a person’s success in acculturation. What are these predictors?

25. The shared symbol systems that form the basis of culture represent ideas about beliefs, values and norms. Explain and exemplify beliefs, values and norms.

V. English—Chinese Translation (15 points, 3 points each)

Directions: In this section you are supposed to translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.

Then write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.

26. Intercultural communication principles guide the process of exchanging meaningful and unambiguous information across cultural boundaries, in a way that preserves mutual respect and minimises antagonism. For these purposes, culture is a shared system of symbols, beliefs, attitudes, values, expectations, and norms of behaviour. 27. It refers to coherent groups of people whether resident wholly or partly within state territories, or existing without residence in any particular territory. 28. Hence, these principles may have equal relevance when a tourist seeks help, where two well-established independent corporations attempt to merge their operations, and where politicians attempt to negotiate world peace.

Thanks to the means of modern transportation and communication, the world is getting smaller.

29. The whole world community appears to be no more than a large global village, where the residents come together with different cultural backgrounds and values. While experiencing the inevitable cultural exchanges as well as cultural clashes, the “villagers” seek to live in harmony. 30. In this modern world, the advanced culture of any nation has never been an isolated phenomenon, but the product of extensive exchanges with other cultures.